Category: Religion

  • Father Skiffington

    Father Skiffington

    When I was a student at the University of Detroit High School my English teacher in the eleventh grade was named Father Skiffington.

  • Trump’s Fake Faith

    Living in mansions, flying in personal jets are the trappings of the new Christianity. At least according to impeached Trump who panders and listens to a women who lathers herself in the riches of her congregants, Christianity has been polluted by Money. [efn_note]MotherJones.com, Stephanie Mencimer, February 17, 2020 – How Do You Get From the…

  • The Sham of the National Prayer Breakfast

    The National Prayer Breakfast is a thing that is not what it is purported to be and is falsely presenting itself as some bipartisan love-fest. A secret organization called “The Family” organizes the event every year. Also called “The Fellowship”, it is composed primarily of evangelical Christian men that have extreme right-wing interpretation of the…

  • The Heart of the Reformation – By David R. Weiss

    [the author of To the Tune of a Welcoming God: Lyrical reflections on sexuality, spirituality and the wideness of God’s welcome (Langdon Street Press, 2008).  From 1999-2005 he taught religion in Rochester for programs through Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) and Augsburg College (Minneapolis). He lives in St. Paul, where he attends an ELCA congregation and…

  • The Heart of the Reformation – By David R. Weiss

    The following article was received via email shortly after the 2009 ELCA Assembly. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America made the bold step of inclusion and welcoming as Christ has taught us. Below is the actual content of the letter that we wish to share. The Heart of the Reformation – By David R. Weiss…